DOLAFON GOSPEL HALL TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 6 November 2014
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2024 – 5 April 2025
Latest income: £239,959
Latest expenditure: £101,917
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: MEETING ROOM, CAMBRIAN GARDENS, NEWTOWN, POWYS, SY16 2AW

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Trust provides and maintains gospel halls for the religious activities of Christians often referred to as 'Brethren'. Details can be found on their website www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.orgMeetings are held nearly everyday in one or more of the gospel halls and it is a base from which preachers operate to spread the Christian gospel/literature and is located in the Newtown, Powys area

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 4 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 4 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £239,959
Total Gross Expenditure: £101,917

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 4 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 4 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £747,949
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,422

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £420,093
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,690

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 17 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 17 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £719,941
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,116

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 13 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £130,320
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,593

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 4 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £239,959
Total Gross Expenditure: £101,917
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 85

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 4 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £747,949
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,422
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 80

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £420,093
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,690
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 17 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £719,941
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,116
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 13 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £130,320
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,593
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 4 February 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 743201
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 4748
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 747949
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £18,584
Expenditure Other: 26838
Expenditure Total: 45422
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 6426
Expenditure Support Costs: 45422
Expenditure Depreciation: 2111
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £185,604
Assets Total Fixed: 3930555
Assets Own Use: 3930555
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £191,484
Assets Total Liabilities: £5,880
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,116,159
Creditors One Year Total Current: 5880
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £75,534
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4116159
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 4116159
Count Employees: 0
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 17 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 719872
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 69
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 719941
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,380
Expenditure Other: 15736
Expenditure Total: 17116
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 1380
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 1762
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £918,814
Assets Total Fixed: 1280596
Assets Own Use: 1280596
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,741,313
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,680
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,020,229
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1680
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,739,578
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2199410
Funds Restricted: 820819
Funds Total: 3020229
Count Employees: 0
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Powys
Welsh Ind: Yes

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: DOLAFON GOSPEL HALL TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2014-11-06T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 06 MAY 1991AS AMENDED BY A DEED OF VARIATION DATED 19/08/2014
Charitable Objects: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE CARRYING ON OF THE SERVICE OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AS FOLLOWED BY THOSE CHRISTIANS FORMING PART OF A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP KNOWN AS THE "PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (THE "BRETHREN") WHOSE CORE DOCTRINE IS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THIS DEED AND WHOSE PROPER PRACTICES IN FURTHERANCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF THAT CORE DOCTRINE ARE SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THIS DEED; AND (B) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BRETHREN.
Area Of Benefit: POWYS

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Charity Policy

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Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures